Deep-red Texas needs to build power plants at an astonishing speed and scale to keep its economy humming. President Donald Trump just made that much harder.

So many data centers, crypto-mining operations and factories are planned for the Lone Star State that its peak electricity demand is poised to surge in the next five years — perhaps even double. The vast majority of new power capacity planned there would utilize the sun, the wind or batteries. But Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill kills tax credits for renewable projects starting in 2028, making them more expensive to build.

Other states face the same problem, as power demand nationwide is expected to soar after decades of minimal growth. But it’s particularly acute in Texas, which has been rapidly adding renewable energy while it strug

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